diff --git a/contrib/netbsd-tests/lib/libc/gen/t_realpath.c b/contrib/netbsd-tests/lib/libc/gen/t_realpath.c
index d4998c7ea265..dfb360f46450 100644
--- a/contrib/netbsd-tests/lib/libc/gen/t_realpath.c
+++ b/contrib/netbsd-tests/lib/libc/gen/t_realpath.c
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ __RCSID("$NetBSD: t_realpath.c,v 1.2 2012/03/27 07:54:58 njoly Exp $");
 #include <sys/param.h>
 
 #include <atf-c.h>
+#ifdef	__FreeBSD__
+#include <errno.h>
+#endif
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -122,8 +125,15 @@ ATF_TC_BODY(realpath_symlink, tc)
 	char resb[MAXPATHLEN] = { 0 };
 	int fd;
 
+#ifdef	__FreeBSD__
+	ATF_REQUIRE_MSG(getcwd(path, sizeof(path)) != NULL,
+	    "getcwd(path) failed: %s", strerror(errno));
+	ATF_REQUIRE_MSG(getcwd(slnk, sizeof(slnk)) != NULL,
+	    "getcwd(slnk) failed: %s", strerror(errno));
+#else
 	(void)getcwd(path, sizeof(path));
 	(void)getcwd(slnk, sizeof(slnk));
+#endif
 
 	(void)strlcat(path, "/realpath", sizeof(path));
 	(void)strlcat(slnk, "/symbolic", sizeof(slnk));